The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02
THE HhRHONJzING COMMITTEE
SETTLE THE O1DD0 CASE.
Tho BIcEnery Majority Of the Parish
Committee Recognized as the Legal
Body-A New Election nay To BE
Selected and Fair Play TO fluie,

Inc hlcEnery Majority OF the Parrish
Committee Recognized as the Legal
BOdy-A New Election nay To Be
Selected and Fair Play to Rule.
SHREVEPORT, Nov. 2o.--It was after ~
O'Clock last night when the arbitration COM
mittee, represented by Messrs. Leon Jas
! tremsld and Pat Neatly, adjourned without
having effected an adjustment Of the differ
enCe between the two factions IN the Demo-
cratic party in this parish. BY consent N. Q.
Blanchard and Capt. z. +. Bell managed the
case Of their respective sides.
Mr.. Blanchard mads as good fight as be
| could, but the facts were against the re-
formers aud the minority be represented.
Capt Bell presented his case in q clear and
disphssiohRte manner and submitted the
original minutes Of the parish convention
held in December, 1888, written and signed
| by Mr.. Richard Furman, q prominent mer-
chant, the secretary Of the convention and
now Nichols man.
With this document, which almost paralzed
the reform element, the McEnery men estab-
ltshe6 the fact that the claims Of the minority
were fictitious and that the Parish Executive
Committee consisted Of only fifteen members
instead Of sixteen members.
II was also shown that j. ~. Foster was not
and had never been a member OF the com
mittee, but that J. P. sUeGmHn was q mem
Der instead Of w. y. Adams, whose nHme
had been called at all the meetings Of the
committee during the past four years.
This point was yielded by the McEnery
side ct the beginning Of the difficulty, but
they would not consent TO recognize Foster,
who had not s shadow upon which TO base
\ bis claims.
The reformers attempted last night TO de-
1 lay tho proceedings by long arguments not
bearing on the point Involved.
The differences In the committee arose
4 over tho arbitrary ruling OF y. II. Randolph
| Ia appointing Dr.. WhitWOrth secretary oTeT
y q. qiliiletd' ths REGULAR secretary, sn at ~
| menlhef The refOrmeTs Tesorted TO propo-
sails, one Of them being thRt each side select
two commissioners an9 eleEk re eaoh pre-
! isl convention; that body TO elect the ten
/ delegates TO which the parish Is enttded to
10 fhe State Nominating Convention. This
e 92sH tRst w G retnTSs IL nude q tRs
chairman Of the Parish Executive Commit
/ tee Mr.. Randolph, whose duty, or rather
privilege, II will be to compile and promul-
III II deplorable, but none tie less true, that
! the opposing party would not trust Mr. han-
| dolpb under bis present tutelage 10 perform
4 e9nulain III tIis iow estimate II which Their
| fairness ID held The plan, 1t - feared, would
likely be even worse tbap tEe . 20 a9na l5' 4.
I entertain the proposition, but submitted "
! counter proposition, IN substance 40 tqlioWs'
i That the executive committee should pe con"
elituted Of fifteen memhera; that on assem-
| bliug the chairmen of the two wtnHs resign,
1 and then enter upon perInansnt orGanlza-
ton: all contests To be referred 70 commit
tee on credentials; that tps DUES l2r pt3iliielg
. I'll rnrtQAIiHh and dltHg la HEilDtpH
Il for q later period: that each side be allowed
an equal number d commissioners ~ cleo
''S Tbe Nichols men refused this proposition
when the meeting adjourned 70 meet this
morning at i q O'Clock.
This morning, at 10 O'Clock promptly the
committee resumed' theu session et ~
with closed DOOR, reporters and eit pe}nF
excluded. il can be said authoslta ayely that
tie adjustment coplInlttee arrived ny q Set'
tlsment Oh tie matter about o'clock thla
AFTERNOON, and that the Robson wing, COM
posed OF eight nembers--e maiortty-.-3ai
iec0gpizgd a. die legal executive eomInlttse
" IN place of the Randolph Wing. There Was,
THE g'lAlGB-D Fssio GRAF correspondent learns
q subcommittee appointed 70 aa@tLst Wy
differences, looking " Q COMPROMISE eng
| IT Ii safe To say that the N@ch0ls plen Rays
welded III 81 their pretensi9ns and are Will
. ING to tslte half LOST and have 9 fair eQui'
promise On q basis that viii tx the pFip9ll
! election on one day, Bith an eqnal EiqTnpql
! MeEnery men viii eoncede for the seAe u
: T6esa developments are conclusive. syl,
;. danee that the WeHIery majority 90 ~
!, bolt AZ alleged BY the Degl06l'pt here ana Fn'
pIafsgiiae correBponaent, but performed bhel
dltg AZ becomes good and true Democrats
having the interest aud halm9ny q th'
III Il probabla that the Parrish EXECUTIVE
eafnndEtes W. recoUnized viii assemble "
morrow 10 consider and ratify the Aetl9p +. 2